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Broad street from St. Bennet Fink church
to London wall, London wall street as
far as a little to the eastward of Cross
Keys court Augustine Friars, Winches-
ter street, and Wormwood street as far
as Helmet court. The most remarkable
buildings are, the parish churches of St.
Christopher's, St. Bartholomew, St. Ben-
net's Fink, St. Martin's Outwich, St.
Peter's le Poor, and Allhallows in the
Wall; Carpenters hall, Drapers hall,
Merchant Taylors hall, and Pinners
hall; the Bank of England, the South
Sea House, and the Pay Office.
This ward is under the government
of an Alderman, his Deputy, and nine
other Common Council men; thirteen
wardmote inquest men, eight scavengers,
ten constables, and a beadle. The jury-
men returned by the wardmote inquest
serve in the several courts of Guildhall
in the month of August.
BROAD walk, 1. In the Tower. 2. Barge-
house, Southwark.
BROAD wall, near the Upper Ground,
Southwark.
BROAD way, 1. Bishopsgate street. 2. Black
Friars. 3. Privy Garden. 4. Tothill
street.
BROAD yard, 1. Coleman's alley, Brown
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street. 2. Crow alley, Whitecross street,
Cripplegate. 3. Dirty lane Blackman-
street. 4. Green Dragon alley, Wapping.
5. Holiwell court, Holiwell lane. 6. Is-
lington. 7. Milk yard, Wapping. 8. St.
John's street. 9. Soper's alley, White-
cross street. 10. Swan alley, Golden lane.
11. Upper Ground street.
BRODERERS, or EMBROIDERERS, a com-
pany incorporated by Queen Elizabeth,
in the year 1591, by the title of The
Keepers or Wardens, and Company of the
art and mystery of the Broderers of the
city of London. They are governed by
two Keepers, or Wardens, and forty As-
sistants. The Livery consists of 115
members, whose fine upon admission is
5l. Thay have a small convenient hall
in Gutter lane.
BROKEN cross, Tothill street.
BROKEN wharf, Thames street.
BROCKLEY'S rents, Artillery row.
BROMLEY, a town in Kent, situated on
the river Ravensbourn nine miles from
London, in the road to Tunbridge.
Here is a palace of the Bishop of Ro-
chester, to whom King Edgar gave the
manor in the year 700; and here also
is an hospital erected by Dr. Warner
Bishop of that see, in the reign of King
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